Articles tagged: D.C.

Features

D.C.’s opioid deaths are down for the first time in six years. What’s behind the decline?

D.C. has one of the highest opioid overdose death rates in the country. But in recent months, opioid deaths have decreased in the District for the first time since 2018,... Read more

By December 8, 2024

News

What a second Trump presidency and Republican trifecta means for D.C.

On the campaign trail, Trump promised to “take over” D.C. and “make our capital beautiful again.” That message, and Trump’s focus on D.C., does not inspire confidence for a capital... Read more

By December 5, 2024

Features

51 years after home rule, D.C. fights to be the 51st state

For 51 years, D.C. has elected its own mayor and city council to manage local affairs. But in the last five decades, residents have not settled for the limited self-government... Read more

By November 1, 2024

Voices

Hardcore or hard to find? What happened to alternative rock bands in D.C.

The D.C. hardcore scene kind of sucks. But it didn’t always.  Back in the late ’70s and throughout the ’80s, D.C. was the place to be if you were a... Read more

By October 14, 2024

Features

“Fighting for our lives”: Environmental justice in the nation’s capital

Residents of Ivy City, a northeast D.C. neighborhood, have reported a foul odor coming from an inconspicuous brick building since the 1930s. Though it looks unsuspecting, the building—a chemical plant... Read more

By and October 12, 2024

Features

Forced to leave Shanghai, a beloved bookstore is finding a new home in Dupont

D.C. has long been a home for mom and pop bookstores, often nestled in the nooks and crannies of the city. Sooner or later, every District bookworm becomes familiar friends... Read more

By October 11, 2024

Photography

Photo Essay: The District celebrates Hispanic culture, community at Fiesta D.C.

People from the D.C. area and across the world gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue on Sept. 28 for Fiesta D.C., an annual festival celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Initially conceived in the... Read more

By October 8, 2024

News

Photo Gallery: Pro-Palestine march on Washington

On Saturday Nov. 4, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Freedom Plaza in D.C. for one of the largest pro-Palestine demonstrations in U.S. history.

By November 5, 2023

Halftime Sports

Cashing out: How D.C. students and residents alike are navigating stringent District sports betting laws

On Super Bowl Sunday, four-time Super Bowl champion tight end Rob Gronkowski will attempt a field goal live on-air as part of a promotion by FanDuel Sportsbook to give out... Read more

By February 4, 2023

Voices

Despite the negatives, D.C.’s restaurant industry needs Initiative 82

The newly passed Initiative 82 will help build a better restaurant industry, but it must tear the industry down to its foundations first.

By November 19, 2022

Features

Outside the Georgetown bubble: Recent grads adjust to life in D.C.

Onrei Josh Ladao was working three jobs and struggling with the transition to post-graduation life. Then a Georgetown alum offered a helping hand. 

By February 18, 2022

Editorials

D.C. must prioritize housing people over evicting encampments

The District must immediately halt scheduled homeless encampment evictions, redouble its efforts to properly execute its hypothermia plan, and accelerate investments in affordable housing over the long term.

By the December 24, 2021

Features

How “Fortress D.C.” became a military barracks

Steel barbs still rest atop the barrier that now surrounds the People’s House. Armored trucks still crowd the streets. Even as 10 weeks have passed since pro-Trump white supremacists raided... Read more

By March 21, 2021

News

D.C. preps budget after ending 2020 with an unexpected surplus

Bowser surveyed D.C. residents about their priorities for the city’s budget, marking the first step in D.C.’s budget process.

By March 9, 2021

News

Following new D.C. law, the Corp plans to reverse cashless policy by Fall 2021

The Corp will begin accepting cash again following the passage of the Cashless Retailers Prohibition Act of 2019.

By February 14, 2021

News

D.C. vaccine distribution plan increases eligible populations and aims for equitability

D.C. Health's new model for COVID-19 vaccine distribution will make a larger population eligible for doses, as D.C. becomes one of the most efficient U.S. territories to inoculate its residents. As concerns grow regarding inequitable distribution in D.C., more vaccine appointments are being created for residents of Wards with high COVID-19 numbers.

By January 22, 2021

News

Mayor Bowser appoints new MPD police chief

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appointee Robert J. Contee III replaced outgoing Peter Newsham as chief of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

By January 20, 2021

News

“Fortress” D.C. grows more secure ahead of Biden inauguration

Washington D.C. is undergoing a rapid security transformation to guard the Capitol and city against another wave of violence perpetrated by pro-Trump combatants.

By January 19, 2021

News

A violent pro-Trump mob attacks U.S. Capitol; Mayor places D.C. into curfew 

An extremist mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters violently breached the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6.

By and January 6, 2021

Opinion

2020 Vision: D.C.’s Next Decade

In 2009, Voice staffer Will Sommer wrote a piece sharing his and other political writers’ predictions on the next year in D.C. city politics. Ten years later, as the Voice... Read more

By January 25, 2020